NYSE · META
Technology · Internet Content & Information
$718.67
Down-$2.22 (-0.31%)
Updated Oct 10, 2026, 9:18 PM
SID Score
7.4/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
44/100
Neutral
Price performance · META
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 9, 2026
META closed at $718.67 after 21 trading sessions, up 10.90% for the selected period.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | $726.505 | $728.07 | $716.20 | $718.67 | 12.62M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $724.535 | $724.95 | $711.6832 | $720.89 | 16.04M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $738.29 | $738.29 | $720.1503 | $721.31 | 13.23M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $746.73 | $747.60 | $736.69 | $738.88 | 12.56M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $727.71 | $746.70 | $727.12 | $741.90 | 15.22M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $733.25 | $741.58 | $726.20 | $728.08 | 12.96M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $728.525 | $735.88 | $721.51 | $725.93 | 12.41M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $730.265 | $738.25 | $721.30 | $725.18 | 19.29M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $725.00 | $740.45 | $715.10 | $738.79 | 23.59M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $750.04 | $750.576 | $713.19 | $715.62 | 27.94M |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $768.845 | $769.57 | $746.5405 | $751.66 | 25.83M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $744.355 | $779.8192 | $743.006 | $777.59 | 34.81M |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $747.60 | $763.90 | $739.51 | $744.10 | 30.83M |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $731.40 | $757.27 | $730.00 | $736.595 | 28.12M |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $680.295 | $753.00 | $679.60 | $741.245 | 48.72M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $688.62 | $690.15 | $660.80 | $665.75 | 27.6M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $682.44 | $683.20 | $667.05 | $682.31 | 15.93M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $679.905 | $685.31 | $671.9142 | $673.31 | 17.22M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $659.30 | $678.87 | $656.20 | $670.24 | 19.5M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $657.83 | $668.60 | $649.22 | $665.60 | 19.33M |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $653.51 | $664.24 | $646.20 | $648.03 | 16.92M |
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Company profile and research snapshot.
Meta is the largest social media company in the world, boasting close to 4 billion monthly active users worldwide. The firm's "Family of Apps," its core business, consists of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. End users can leverage these applications for a variety of different purposes, from keeping in touch with friends to following celebrities and running digital businesses for free. Meta packages customer data, gleaned from its application ecosystem and sells ads to digital advertisers. While the firm has been investing heavily in its Reality Labs business, it remains a very small part of Meta's overall sales.
Visit company websiteConsensus and target data currently published for this company.
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | TD Cowen | Buy | — |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | — |
| Sep 25, 2026 | TD Cowen | Buy | — |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | — |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | — |
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Yahoo · Oct 10, 2026
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Yahoo · Oct 10, 2026
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CNBC · Oct 10, 2026
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Meta Platforms shares traded at $718.67, reflecting a daily decline of 1.32% per SID market data. Despite the near-term pullback, the stock has demonstrated resilience across multiple timeframes, gaining 11.53% over the past month, 9.43% over three months, and 7.66% over the trailing twelve months. The stock currently trades well above both its 50-day moving average of $639.73 and its 200-day moving average of $629.58, indicating a sustained uptrend according to Massive/Polygon technical indicators. However, the 14-day relative strength index stands at 43.9, suggesting the stock has retreated from overbought territory and sits in a neutral momentum zone. Meta's average daily trading volume registers at approximately 17.47 million shares, reflecting robust liquidity for the $1.65 trillion market capitalization company. The stock's beta of 1.273 indicates moderately higher volatility relative to the broader market.
Meta Platforms currently trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.07, positioning the company at a premium relative to the broader market but within a reasonable range for large-cap technology firms, according to SID market data. The price-to-book ratio stands at 8.47, reflecting significant investor confidence in the company's intangible assets, brand value, and future growth prospects per SEC filings. Meta's PEG ratio registers at negative 1.55, a distortion driven by shifting growth rate calculations that complicates traditional growth-adjusted valuation comparisons. The company has established a modest dividend program with a yield of approximately 0.32%, signaling a commitment to returning capital to shareholders while maintaining substantial reinvestment capacity. With a market capitalization of $1.65 trillion, Meta remains one of the most highly valued companies globally. The valuation metrics collectively suggest the market is pricing in continued earnings expansion from Meta's advertising and AI infrastructure investments.
Meta Platforms registers a smart money score of 44 out of 100 with a neutral overall signal, per SID market data. Institutional positioning shows maximum conviction with a perfect score of 25 out of 25, indicating that major fund managers maintain significant allocations to the stock according to 13F institutional filings. In contrast, insider activity presents a notably bearish picture, scoring 0 out of 25. SEC Form 4 filings reveal 20 insider transactions over the past 90 days, with 19 sells against just one purchase, reflecting a pronounced pattern of executive disposition. Dark pool activity scores 9 out of 25, suggesting below-average off-exchange accumulation by institutional participants. Congressional trading activity registers at 10.3 out of 25, indicating moderate legislative interest. The divergence between strong institutional ownership and persistent insider selling creates a mixed signal, with institutional holders maintaining conviction while company executives continue systematic share liquidation programs throughout the period.
Meta Platforms delivered a strong earnings beat in its most recent reported quarter, posting actual earnings per share of $7.31 against analyst estimates of $6.67, representing a positive surprise of $0.64 per company earnings reports. However, the subsequent quarter showed a reversal, with actual EPS of $6.18 falling short of the $7.18 consensus estimate by $1.00, marking a notable miss according to analyst estimates. Looking ahead, Wall Street analysts project EPS of $6.28 for the upcoming quarter with results expected on October 28, 2026. The further-out quarterly estimate stands at $8.36, reflecting expectations for a significant earnings acceleration. The sequential pattern of a strong beat followed by a miss introduces uncertainty around Meta's earnings trajectory, though the elevated forward estimates suggest analysts maintain confidence in the company's underlying profitability driven by advertising revenue growth and operational efficiency initiatives across its platforms.
Wall Street analysts maintain a uniformly bullish stance on Meta Platforms, with recent ratings actions exclusively reflecting buy-equivalent recommendations per SID consensus data. On October 8, 2026, TD Cowen reiterated its Buy rating, following a similar reaffirmation on September 25. Wells Fargo maintained its Overweight rating on October 6, while Piper Sandler and Canaccord Genuity both reiterated their respective Overweight and Buy ratings on September 25, according to Wall Street analyst reports. Notably, none of the recent analyst actions represent upgrades or downgrades, as each firm maintained its prior bullish positioning. This consistency across multiple independent research teams underscores broad institutional confidence in Meta's fundamental trajectory. The absence of any hold or sell recommendations among recent coverage updates suggests that analysts view the current valuation as justified by Meta's revenue growth potential, AI monetization strategy, and dominant position in digital advertising markets serving approximately 3.3 billion daily active users across its family of applications.
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